Aztekium valdeziiVelazco , M.A.Alvarado & S.Arias
house : CactaceaeSubfamily : CactoideaeTribe : CacteaeGenus : Aztekium
The specific name " valdezii(val - DEZ - ee - eye ) " honors Mario Alberto Valdéz Marroquín , Mexican botanist and explorer who discovered this mintage in 2011 .
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Aztekium valdeziiis native toMexico . It occur in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Nuevo León .
Aztekium valdeziiis a smallcactuswith subspherical dark-green - grey stems with usually five well - pronounced ribs with transversal wrinkle and lined with nearly set areoles with spines only in those close to the apex . The stems can grow up to 2.4 inches ( 6 cm ) tall , nearly equal in diam , either lonely or produce outset from the base to form a small clump . The areoles are felty , yellowish - white-hot only when young . The spines are flattened , curved upward , and can reach up to 0.4 inches ( 1 curium ) in duration . They drop off off with long time .
The flowers are late pinkish or Battle of Magenta , blank near the centre , and appear at the apex in late give and former summertime . They are funnel - shaped and can measure up to 0.8 inches ( 2 curium ) long and 1 inch ( 2.5 cm ) in diam . The fruits are minuscule , berry - like , pink , naked , and subject when ripe , let out tiny dark brown source .
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USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° snow ) .
Aztekiums are by far the most challenging and difficult cacti to grow . They have exceedingly slow growth , probably the dull of the entireCactus family . It usually takes several years for development to be even noticeable . However , once a specimen is established on its own roots , it is no trouble to keep it , and it becomes an easy works to manage .
Because of the difficulty of cultivation , Aztekiums are most often engraft to hardier descent . They need honest drainage andregular waterin summertime . Keep it intimately dry in winter . If grafted , the plants can take a short more body of water . Just think of the graft stock is also a cactus and will rot ifoverwatered . Provide spook from midday through the good afternoon . A little morning Sunday is okay .
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